Lassen County Biographies

A. T. Arnold

Transcribed by Craig Hahn, Nov. 2004

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


This gentleman is a native of Delaware County, Ohio, where he was born June 12, 
1833. In 1854 he came to California, via Panama. He remained a year at Martinez, 
then went to Marysville, and thence to La Porte, where he engaged in mining, 
packing, teaming, and butchering until the fall of 1858, when he came to 
Susanville to live. He was engaged in teaming, and in the boot and shoe 
business, until 1870, since when he has been engaged in farming and fruit 
culture. He is a Master Mason, and a member of the A. O. U. W. In politics, he 
is a republican. December 27, 1864, he married Miss Susan E. Roop, daughter of 
Hon. I. N. Roop, the lady in whose honor the town of Susanville was named. They 
have been blessed with seven children, five of whom are still spared to them: 
Susie M., born June 21, 1866; I. N. R., August 22, 1868; A. T., October 12, 
1873; Thomas C., December 25, 1874; Dora M., May 13, 1876; Victor, May 24, 1879; 
Mark E., October 17, 1881. They were all born in Susanville. A. T. died March 1, 
1874, and Thomas C., April 17, 1875. 
 
Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 
1513 to 1850. � Fariss and Smith, San Francisco,  1882. p 400